Three patients have contracted H7N9 bird flu in Shenzhen, a major city in Southern China's Guangdong Province just across the border from Hong Kong.<br /> <br />The victims include two Hong Kong residents and a 38-year-old Shenzhen man.<br /> <br />A total of four H7N9 cases have been confirmed in China's Guangdong Province over the past five days.<br /><br />The 38-year-old patient developed a fever and a cough last Monday, December 9th. He was admitted to hospital on the 12th.<br /><br />A first test sample came back negative on the 16th a second sample tested at the Shenzhen Center For Disease Control and Prevention later confirmed it was H7N9.<br /> <br />The patient is now being treated at Shenzhen's No.3 People's Hospital and is listed in critical condition.<br /> <br />The patient had visited a traditional 'wet market' and reportedly touched live poultry in Dongguan City, located in central Guangdong. A nearby Dongguan market had earlier also found the presence of the H7N9 virus.<br /> <br />Guangdong Province now has eight confirmed cases, spanning the cities of Dongguan, Yangjiang and Huizhou.<br /><br />According to the Shenzhen Center For Disease Control and Prevention, the high volume of poultry sales in local markets is related to the high numbers of H7N9<br /> <br />Despite the influenza, a reporter still found people catching and touching chickens with their bare hands--at both chicken farms and wet markets.<br /> <br />The Hong Kong and Kowloon Poultry Dealers and Workers Association now says its afraid chicken prices might fall to their lowest levels in five years. <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/ <br /> <br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /> <br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /> <br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
